Cooper Flagg strolled into UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center at 4:17 p.m., wearing Dallas Mavericks gear, bright white New Balance shoes, and an emotionless look on his face as he passed

To celebrate newly acquired Dallas Mavericks star Cooper Flagg being the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, New Balance is selling "Flagg Day" T-shirts, and let's just say they're on sale for an unbelievable price.

To celebrate Flagg Day and the next step in Cooper’s on-court journey, New Balance is releasing special-edition apparel both online at newbalance.com and in retail locations starting on June 23rd.

Mavericks NBA Summer League game, which marked the NBA debut of #1 pick Cooper Flagg, averaged 955,000 viewers on ESPN — marking the fourth-largest Summer League audience ever on

New Balance, a brand long known for running shoes, is planting a flag in basketball tonight. That’s when 18-year-old Cooper Flagg is expected to be the top pick in the NBA Draft.

Flagg has gone from sitting on a bucket for hours at a time harvesting peas to finding a place in the NBA as the No. 1 draft pick.